Morning breakfast time. If I don’t have any Idli, Dosa batter and didn’t preplan any breakfast and I don’t get any idea in the early morning rush…😓Then comes the store-bought bread into my blurred vision when I came out from my confused state. I don’t have a sweet tooth and that too for breakfast…So I decided to do something savoury.
The normal cheese recipes of mac and cheese and baked casserole won’t work on the breakfast table, and that too for my family. And I was looking for some simple ideas. I find some mushrooms, carrot and to my happiness find cottage cheese too. Kids will not say ‘no’ if the recipe includes mushroom and paneer. I feel relieved. I can finally breathe!
We can make cheese french toast in two ways like the normal french toast and a deep-fried version. French toast suits breakfast while bread rolls satisfy the fried cravings of energetic kids.
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Mushroom cheese french toast
Equipment
- Fry pan
Ingredients
- 10 Bread slices
- 8 Button mushroom
- ½ to ¾ tsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 Carrot
- 100 gm Cottage cheese /paneer
- 5 singles Mozzarella cheese
- Salt
- ½ Chopped Onion medium-sized
- Pepper
- 2 Egg
- ¼ cup Milk
- 2 tsp Sugar
Instructions
- In a hot pan, add oil. Add onion and saute.
- Next, add ginger-garlic paste and saute for few more minutes.
- Add carrot and cook for a few minutes.
- Next, add mushrooms along with enough salt, pepper and saute until the mushroom leaves the water.
- Add grated cottage cheese and saute until the water evaporates.
- Keep aside for cooling.
- Meanwhile, flatten the bread slices using the palm or rolling pin.
- Place half of the mozzarella single on one side of the bread slice. Keep the mushroom stuffing and roll it.
- Do the same steps for the rest of the bread slices.
- You can shallow fry these now.
- For French toast
- Beat the egg until frothy. Add milk and sugar and mix well until the sugar dissolves.
- Grease the hot pan. Dip the bread rolls in the egg mixture and shallow fry.
- If you prefer the deep-fried version:
- Egg-2
- Bread crumbs-1 cup
- Oil
- Beat the egg. Dip the bread rolls in the beaten egg and roll them in the breadcrumbs until all sides are covered.
- Deep fry them in the oil. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.
I tried only some of the cheese varieties as my kids are not fond of cheeses. To name some of the cheese varieties, there are Parmesan, Cheddar and Mozarella. I tried block cheese, grated cheese and cheese slices. What I realized is that grated cheese will spoil very quickly after the opening of the pack.
But block cheese will remain for a long time. And the cheese slices are handy (no need to grate) and a separate package of each slice will retain its life longer. Here I used cheddar cheese slices. You can trim off the sides of the bread if you prefer.
Chocolate French Toast
Chocolate french toast
Equipment
- Frypan
Ingredients
- Bread slices-10
- Eggs-2
- Sugar-2 tsp
- Milk-1/4 cup
- Sweetened Cooking chocolate-1 cup grated
Instructions
- Place the grated chocolate on one side of the bread slice. Close the bread slice by folding it.
- Press the bread slice using the palm to seal the corners of the bread.
- Meanwhile, beat the egg and add milk and sugar.
- Now dip the bread slice in the egg mixture and place it in a greased hot pan. Cook both sides and serve hot simply or with chocolate sauce for extra chocolates.😉
Ingredients
- Bread slices-10
- Eggs-2
- Sugar-2 tsp
- Milk-1/4 cup
- Sweetened Cooking chocolate-1 cup (grated)
Method
- Place the grated chocolate on one side of the bread slice. Close the bread slice by folding it.
- Press the bread slice using the palm to seal the corners of the bread.
- Meanwhile, beat the egg and add milk and sugar.
- Now dip the bread slice in the egg mixture and place it in a greased hot pan. Cook both sides and serve hot simply or with chocolate sauce for extra chocolatiness.😉
Leftover bread slices can be used up in this way to make freezer-friendly snacks. The same recipe can be made in larger quantities by baking them in the oven.
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